A sandwich at Perry's Delicatessen, a deli in Inverness, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized veggie panini, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
More acid than 90% of the catalog.
Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.
grilled ciabatta roll, toasted: grilled portobello mushroom; sliced apple; caramelized fennel; onion; goat cheese; herb aioli; arugula; vinaigrette.
Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Fennel.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 56th |
| acid | 1.6 | 90th |
| fat | 2.5 | 62nd |
| sweet | 0.2 | 26th |
| umami | 0.9 | 26th |
| heat | 0.1 | 49th |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
92 Balance, out of 100
The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.
What each layer brings
| Layer | Role | Flavor and texture | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled ciabatta rollscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| grilled portobello mushroomscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +21 |
| sliced applescored as Apple | garnish | sweet 3 acid 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| caramelized fennel | not scored | ||
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| goat cheesescored as Goat Cheese (chèvre) | protein | fat 4 acid 3 salt 2 umami 2 creamy soft | +20 |
| herb aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | 0 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +1 |
| vinaigrettescored as Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar) | sauce | acid 4 fat 4 salt 2 saucy wet | +1 |
Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.
Pairings
- Mushroom + Onion: the saute pair: mushroom and onion
- Onion + Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar): raw onion in vinegar, the quick pickle
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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